[vorbis] Mp3 to Ogg converter?

[Mat Bettinson]

Heya Oddsock,

O> try http://www.oddsock.org/tools/Jambo/

O> and in my opinion, transcoding is not evil...there are many uses of 
O> transcoding from MP3 bitrate X to bitrate Y, so transcoding from MP3 
O> bitrate X to OggVorbis bitrate Y is equally useful.  Streaming servers do 
O> it all the time.....Think about how the Shoutcast DSP works, it takes a 
O> decoded MP3 and reencodes it for broadcasting....This is also exactly what 
O> Ices does as well, so surely transcoding can't be *that* evil....And 
O> transcoding can definately be faster than re-ripping from original 
O> media...my $.02.

Streaming has a purpose. On a purely quality-based level, transcoding
will never improve quality it will only decrease it no matter how good
the new codec (unless it's non-lossy). So with regards to archiving
your own music or something - it would be Evil. If you have a specific
need, then obviously fair enough. However for the most part I'd still
call it Evil :)

By extension, MS' media player which will convert MP3s to WMA is Evil.


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